(Bloomberg) -- Argentina’s Economy Ministry announced measures to improve government workers’ salaries and funnel money toward retirees and poorer families, defying an International Monetary Fund appeal earlier this month for the country to spend less.Most Read from BloombergAuto Union Boss Wants 46% Raise, 32-Hour Work Week in ‘War’ Against Detroit CarmakersGoldman Is Selling a Wealth-Advisory Unit to $240 Billion Money ManagerCitadel Vets 69,000 Intern Applicants to Find Next Math GeniusesChin
That was after the Argentine Peso lost 20% of it’s value in a single day to appease the IMF (according to the official exchange rate). Unless wages increase by more than 20%, then they’re not really increasing, just keeping up with inflation.
Yeah. Inflation is a tool for the ruling class to recoup any gains the working class has made, with interest.